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Fabio Keiner
{K:41398} 4/29/2008
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excellent
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w k
{K:2943} 4/29/2008
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wow...wonderful!
best regards,
winfried ;)
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Alida Santarelli
{K:12513} 4/29/2008
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Excellent this macro, congrat!
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John Hatz
{K:138564} 4/29/2008
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excellent subject... well...you 'get' him at the sleap lol... excellent the use of the flash so the contrast with the black background adds on the photo.
be well!
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Claudia Perilli
{K:27779} 4/29/2008
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Great picture!
Claudia
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Dave Stacey
{K:113356} 4/29/2008
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Great macro of this little guy, Joggie! He looks very good against the black background and you've got super detail.
Dave.
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Debjit Ghosh
{K:3453} 4/29/2008
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excellent close-up shot Joggie...
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fotogr@vi
{K:49295} 4/29/2008
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amazing. bravo !!
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Hussam AL_ Khoder
{K:54607} 4/29/2008
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HAve a great day.
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sam khosravifard
{K:15316} 4/29/2008
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cute beast on the branch
well done
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p e t a .
{K:17989} 4/29/2008
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I was thinking about you as I was watching a documentary on chameleons just the other day! I love your shots of these amazing creatures.
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.mOhAmAd khAksAr.
{K:4633} 4/30/2008
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that’s crazy!! I could have sworn that I commeneted on this??!
Anywho…. I love it! It’s fantastic!! The contrasts, colours and details…! Wonderful work!
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Melisa Meyers
{K:9492} 4/30/2008
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Hi Joggie! What a cute little guy! He must have thought he was having a horrible dream to wake up to such bright light. That is good subject hunting to find this little guy at night!
Fantastic details throughout!
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:85750} 5/1/2008
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The skin texture of the Chamelon is fascinating on the image, Joggie, as is its strong contrast to the absolute darkness behind it. The ringflash worked very well. There is still some small bit of a too strong reflection of light on its skin, but way under that overexposed look that hides details and "homogenizes" all texture.
The end of the branch right under the Chameleon adds some very good accents too. It looks just like really belonging there.
I perceive the composition as a bit unbalanced this way, but I don't know why. Perhaps because the top half is almost only highlights and the bottom half almost only shadows. But the available subject just dictated composition, I guess.
Cheers!
Nick
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Eb Mueller
{K:22087} 5/1/2008
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Fascinating image, Joggie! You went to quite some effort to bring it to us! The focus parallel to the subject is excellent!
Eb
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41248} 5/1/2008
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Hi Nick, thanks for the observant remarks. Firstly, the high reflectance of the skin was due to the fact that it was prparing to shed its skin. If you look closeley the skin close to the ridge on the back as well as on the elbow and the knee show some clear white patches. I took photos of the same little guy a few evenings later with only some of the skin around the head still attached. Will upload one a bit later.
Regarding my decision to leave the branch tip in the photograph: It was done to illustrate a peculiar behaviour of these chameleons. They often choose the tips of almost naked branches to overnight. The reason for that is not really clear. In this case it is the dry tip of a small flowerhead of a Plectranthus species. I did take some shots with a closer crop which may be slightly better photographically. I do also try to reflect some of the habits and habitat of the species. Regards.
Joggie
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Riny Koopman
{K:56658} 5/1/2008
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The beauty is always in to the simple things,nice work Joggie
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Shirley D. Cross
{K:138829} 5/2/2008
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Absolutely marvelous, Joggie!:)
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Dan Wilson
{K:12702} 5/2/2008
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Great capture, very good compostion and fantastic details
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:85750} 5/4/2008
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So it was quite a trip into natural history, I guess, Joggie! A chameleon about to shed its skin! I thought that the clear white dots were just overexposure, so thanks a lot for all the info about it!
Very interesting to know about their habits when they search a place to sleep. And quite strange too. I would assume that it is perhaps less secure for them to sleep at almost the end of some branch. But they know what they are doing, I guess.
Thanks once again!
Nick
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Leonie Fitzpatrick
{K:39833} 6/5/2008
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Joggie...:) I remember the new *baby* that struggled up into delightful pink in your backyard... Such sweet, dainty little beings that bring a smile & a mothers instinct :)...
Was thinking, maybe the tips of blooms or branches, being finer, would be more sensitive to movement of a predator... So in actuality, rather the risk of being exposed yet still have an early warning system...
Thank you again Joggie... Your explanations & narratives are a wonderful companion & learning tool to your always excellent photography...
Onie...
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41248} 6/6/2008
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Hi Onie
They do it under cover of heavy dusk - so no real threat from predators and are gone within 15 minutes after sunset (when most predators are also warming up to the day and not active). I use a powerfull flashlight to pick them up at night - in the dark they blend in totally - as illustrated here also adapting dark colours. Thanks for the visit - take care!
Joggie (will visit your pfolio soon - must run now!)
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55371} 7/7/2008
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What a wonderful and amazing photo. Special creature that I would never have guessed was possible to shoot looking so peaceful:-)
Be well
Annemette
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